Gyeonggi Province's 4th and 5th Community Treatment Centers Open in Goyang and Anseong...Capacity of 602 Patients

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] As confirmed COVID-19 cases increase in the Seoul metropolitan area, Gyeonggi Province's 4th and 5th Community Treatment Centers, established to support treatment of COVID-19 mild cases, are opening in succession.

The 4th Community Treatment Center begins operations on the 28th at Samsung Fire Global Campus in Ilsan-dong Ward, Goyang. It has 158 rooms with a capacity of 316 patients (2 per room), and treatment will be handled by Gyeonggi Provincial Hospital Paju Branch.

The 5th Community Treatment Center, which opens on the 29th, is located at the Korean Standards Association Human Resources Development Center in Wongok-myeon, Anseong. With 146 rooms and a capacity for 286 patients, Gyeonggi Provincial Hospital Anseong Branch will be in charge of treatment.

Each center has a staff of 80 people from three teams—provincial civil servants, police, and private medical personnel—with 72 resident staff members. They handle patient care and treatment, psychological counseling, supply support and patient management, quarantine operations, waste disposal, and emergency transfer of severe patients.

Gyeonggi Province established a joint support team consisting of 15 provincial civil servants led by the director of autonomous administration to oversee administration and operations.

Previously, the province has been operating the government-designated Gyeonggi Seoul Metropolitan 2 Community Treatment Center (204 rooms) at the Small and Medium-sized Venture Enterprise Training Institute in Ansan since June 24, and opened the No. 3 Community Treatment Center on the 22nd at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Training Institute in Icheon with a capacity for 220 patients.

The province plans to secure training facilities within Gyeonggi and operate additional community treatment centers depending on the spread of COVID-19.

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myeong made an emergency appeal to the public on the 20th, requesting public institutions, private companies, and organizations to convert their training and education facilities into community treatment facilities.